Feel Like Going for a Walk?

If you feel like going for a walk this week you have many options.

FRIDAY 12 JUNE
Walk Into Spring
Start Location: Buffalo Park
Time: 8:00 AM
About 3 total miles of walking in and around the surrounding area.
Everybody Welcome! Please do bring a friend!

SATURDAY 13 JUNE
Walk The Walk
Ft Valley Trail System
Start Location: The "Y" Parking Area where Schultz Pass Road and Mt Elden Road part ways.
Time: 6:00 PM
About 4 total miles of walking to the section of the Ft Valley Trail System that connects
to the Schultz Creek Trail. This is where the FUTS, Arizona Trail, Flagstaff Loop and
forest trails - Schultz Creek and Rocky Ridge converge plus it the old site of the Flagstaff Golf Course. Lots of history here!

SUNDAY 14 JUNE (morning)
Scalawag Climb of Mt Elden
Start Location: Mt Elden Trailhead on Highway 89 just past the Flagstaff Mall near the Peaks Ranger Station
Time: 8:00 AM
About 7 total miles with great views of East Flagstaff

SUNDAY 14 JUNE (evening)
Walk The Walk
Ft Valley Trail System off Snowbowl Road
Start Location: Parking Area at the corner of Highway 180 and Snowbowl Road
Time: 6:00 PM
About 3 total miles of a walk to the most difficult part of the Ft Valley Trail System. This hike is mostly flat but we will turn around where it starts to climb.

NPS/USFS Hikes

Thursday, June 11, 8:30 am to noon
Fisher Point new hike
Join USFS rangers Steve and Lois Hirst on a hike from Fisher Point down to a cave along Walnut Creek and back. Three miles total with a 400-foot elevation change. Take Old Walnut Canyon Road approximately two miles from Country Club Drive and meet at FR 301 turnoff at 8:30 am. We shall carpool from there three miles on rutted dirt road to trailhead. Trekking poles, water, and snacks/lunch recommended. Difficulty: moderate. Call 527-8222 for information.

Thursday, June 11, 9 to 11 am
Walnut Canyon Historic Cabin Walk
Journey back in time with rangers Jane Jackson and Charlene Stone at Walnut Canyon National Monument in an easy two-mile guided walk to the 1904 log cabin built by the first ranger to protect the cliff dwellings from pilfering pot hunters. No dogs please. Participants must be 16 or older. Limit of 8; reservations required at 526-3367. Park entrance fee. Meet at Walnut Canyon visitor center at 8:45. Difficulty: easy.

Saturday, June 13 NATIONAL GET OUTDOORS DAY
Nature Walk
NPS TRT* Charlene Stone will lead a walk for kids on the Dairy Springs Loop Trail. Meet at Dairy Springs Amphitheater at 3 pm. Go 20 miles south of Flagstaff on Lake Mary Road to Mormon Lake turnoff. Proceed 3.7 miles to Dairy Springs. Call 526-1157 ext 273 for information.

*Teacher-Ranger-Teacher, a special Park Service program using full-time classroom teachers as summer rangers, who then take their summer experiences back to the classroom.

Sunday, June 14, 8 am to 10 am
Leroux Springs
NPS ranger John Westerlund will lead a two-mile walk to Big and Little Leroux Springs, discussing exploration and settlement of the area. Meet at Leroux Springs trailhead, about one mile up the Snowbowl Road. Difficulty: easy. Call 526-1157 ext 273 for information.